Pencil-holding device.



PATENTBD MAY 21, 1907.

APPLICATION F'ILED HAY 17, 1905.

HUGO L. PATZOLD, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

PENCIL-HOLDING DEVICE.

No. 854,053. u

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed May 17,1905. Serial Not 260,759.

To all wwwt it Wbg/ concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO L. PATZOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holding Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding pencils, pens and similar articles on convenient and readily-accessible parts of the clothing, and has for its object the provision of a simple article of the character mentioned, and one that can be manufactured at mini-- mum expense, and can be sold at a price within the reach of all.

A 'further object of the invention is the provision of a peculiar pencil-holding device capable 'of being blanked out at one operation from tin or other suitable metal, and which is of a size readily manufactured from discarded scrap.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a corrugated pencil-holding device notched at the edges to receive an endless rubber-band or other resilient binder for holding the articles in the seats formed by the corrugations.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a Hat plate or surface integral with the corrugated pencil-holding part, and upon which may be stamped, printed or placed an advertisement, said plate carrying integral prods which are inserted through the clothing and then bent down upon the same to hold the device in place.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an end view, showing the improvement applied to a garment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improvement; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, with the binder removed.

Like numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates in a general way the improved l pencil-holding plate, which may be stamped from sheet-metal at one operation by suitable dies. This plate is corrugated at 6 to form a series of seats 7 for the pencils or other articles on each of its sides, and is notched on its edges at 8 to afford flanges 9 between which an endless rubber-band 10, or other suitable elastic or resilient binder, is placed. At its upper part the plate is slightly narrower than its corrugated base, and affords a flat surface 11 constituting a plain portion upon which suitable advertisements may be placed and displayed. Integral with the part 11 are prods or points 12, which are punched out from the plate, leaving slots 12 therein, and which are inserted through ythe cloth of the vest, coat or other garment 13 and are then bent back as at 14 to secure the device in place.

In the use of the invention it may 'first be loaded with the pencils or other articles 15, and then applied to the garment in the manner described, or it may be secured to said garment and the articles inserted between the binder and the seats 7. As will be observed thc corrugations produce seats 7 on each side of the device, and articles may, therefore, be held on both sides thereof. To avoid sharp end corners the ends of the flanges are bent over or seamed, as shown at 16 in Fig. 3. In .the manner described a cheap and serviceable article is produced, one that can be manufactured at so small a cost that it may be given by merchants and others to the purchasers of goods, and also will display the advertisement of the vender.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is- 1. An article-holder consistingof a support having notched edges, and longitudinal corrugations, the latter constituting separated seats for the articles to be held, devices carried by the support for securing said support to a garment, and an elastic-band held in the notches surrounding the support, and extending across the corrugations.

2. An article-holder consisting of a flat sheet-metal plate having a plain portion at its upper part, and in said plain portion fastening-prongs punched from the metal of the plate, said plate being provided below its plain portion with a series of longitudinallyextending corrugations, and 4with notched and seamed edges, and an elastic-band seated in the notches, and serving to retain-the articles in the separated seats formed by the corrugations.

In testimony whereof' I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGO L, PATZOLD.

I/Vitnesses:

E. A. SHINNERS, L. C. PARDEE.

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